There is currently a gap between the work of academics and that of human
resource (HR) practitioners. This is due to specific paradoxes inherent to the
field. Within this paradoxical context, the article reflects on a ...

In the past decade we witnessed dramatic changes in public administration, mainly due to the challenges posed by globalisation. This article argues that these changes are spilling over into the public human resource ...

The contexts of institutions for higher education
are in flux with consequent learning challenges.
One of these challenges is that of globalisation
and the need for international compatibility.
Another challenge is ...

The object of this study is good governance, the context for its consideration is the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and the disciplinary perspective from which it is considered is Public Administration. ...

The realisation of the goals of any public institution is dependent upon a proper organisational structure and sound governmental relations. Although the former has characteristics of the closed model of
organisation, ...

Expenditures in a public budget are typically arranged as a hierarchical
tree of goals where lower level goals are understood as means to higher
order ends. This goal hierarchy is used in strategic planning and to ...

Hostels are a product of the migrant labour system that originated in the copper mining industry in Namaqualand in the 1850s. The migrant labour compounds were used to accommodate migrant labour workers in the urban areas. ...

The University of South Africa UNISA) is an open distance learning (ODL)
institution that provides students access to higher education. Many public
servants work full time and can only study part time; this means that
UNISA ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which human resources capacity of the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Namibia, influences health care services delivery to the Namibian population. A ...

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the implementation of the affirmative action
policy within the Pretoria district of the South African Police Service. There is a need to
examine and understand how the ...

The Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998 forms part of the transformation legislation aimed at promoting equity and eliminating discriminatory and unfair treatment in the workplace. This Act was promulgated more than ten ...

The research focused on the assessment of the effectiveness of the methods used in the implementation of environmental legislation in the Mutasa district of Zimbabwe. Successful implementation of environmental legislation ...

Most hostels are being redeveloped through the Hostel Redevelopment Programme from single sex accommodation to rental (family) units. The study was conducted on the City Deep and Nobuhle Hostel Redevelopment Projects as ...

Human resources management is a key aspect in Public Administration. In fact, it
is argued that people are indeed the most valuable resource to any organisation.
However, it is imperative to note that having people within ...

This article describes the implications of the South African Higher Education
Qualifications Framework (HEQF) for the structuring of the Master of Public
Administration (MPA) that are offered at South African universities. ...

The concept of total quality management (or TQM, as it is widely known)first appeared within the narrower confines of the manufacturing sector in an attempt to improve the quality of tangible products. However, it was soon ...

The influence of a ‘technikon-into-university’ merger, as manifested in the former
Technikon South Africa and University of South Africa merger, is the focus of this
article. A quantitative research design was employed ...

This study investigates the employee-employer relationship, focusing specifically on trust. The trust building relationship is investigated by exploring the current perspective on trust, the elements of trust and the role ...

This research was selected after the South African Minister of Public Service and Administration, Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi’s, statement in the Budget vote speech of 2002 that government spent an estimated R3 ...

van Jaarsveldt, L.C.(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2010-11)

This article aims to identify those information technology skills expected
to be part of a public servant’s professional ways of being. This is done
through a survey of the South African government’s policies and plans
for ...